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| March 14, 2008 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 5, 1429 |
Baghdad bomb attack kills 18
BAGHDAD, March 13: A bomber detonated his explosives-laden car in central Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 18 people, as Iraqi police and soldiers searched for another possible attacker who accompanied him....
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Israeli warplanes attack Gaza
GAZA CITY, March 13: Israeli warplanes hit Hamas-run Gaza on Thursday after militants rattled the Jewish state with rocket fire, ending a five-day lull and threatening efforts to push forward Middle East peace talks....
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Pentagon finds no link between Al Qaeda and Saddam
WASHINGTON, March 13: A detailed Pentagon study confirms there was no direct link between Iraqi ex-leader Saddam Hussein and the Al Qaeda network, debunking a claim President George Bush’s administration used to justify invading Iraq....
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No plan to attack Iran: US
WASHINGTON, March 13: The White House and the Pentagon have both assured Americans that they do not plan to attack Iran to prevent it from making nuclear weapons....
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Man held on runway at Heathrow airport
LONDON, March 13: A man was arrested after running onto the runway at London’s busy Heathrow airport on Thursday, triggering a major security alert, police said....
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Kidnapped archbishop found dead in Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 13: A Chaldean Catholic archbishop kidnapped last month in northern Iraq was found dead on Thursday, an Iraqi official said....
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Malaysian opposition patches up alliance
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13: Malaysia’s Chinese-based opposition party said on Thursday it will attend a ceremony after all to swear in a state government led by a hardline Islamist party allied to it in last weekend’s election....
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Pakistani feature film will premiere at NY festival
NEW YORK, March 13: A Pakistani feature film ‘‘Ramchand Pakistani’’ would have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) which opens in New York City next month (April 23, May 5), the festival committee announced on Tuesday....
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Four killed in Indian police firing
GUWAHATI: Police opened fire on Thursday to quell a mob angered by the local government’s demolition of a rebel group’s office in India’s troubled northeast, killing four people, an official said....
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Final ‘Harry Potter’ movie split into two parts
LOS ANGELES, March 13: Warner Bros has conjured up some Hollywood magic for the final instalment of the wildly popular “Harry Potter” movies, splitting the seventh and final book into two films, the movie studio said on Thursday....
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Heart disease growing in poor states
PARIS, March 13: Heart disease, once predominantly the preserve of rich countries, is expanding fast in developing economies, although for rather different reasons, a study carried out in South Africa suggests....
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200 Indians barred from travel to US over visa scam
CHENNAI: Around 200 Indians, including many film actors and producers, have been banned for life from travelling to the United States over their part in a visa racket, the US consulate said on Thursday....
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Space freighter reaches test orbit
PARIS: A revolutionary European-made space freighter has reached a test orbit after overcoming a minor hiccup following its launch last weekend, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday....
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Muslims boycott Paris book fair
PARIS: The Paris book fair opens on Thursday under the cloud of a boycott by seven Muslim countries in protest against the choice of Israel as guest of honour at the French-speaking world’s largest literary event....
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Syria-Israel peace a necessity for two-state solution
LONDON: Everyone knows that. Yet somehow the two sides cannot seem to reach this apparently obvious destination. Even back in 2000, when the Israeli cabinet was packed with doves and the...
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Genes found in worms may help delay old age
LONDON: Scientists have discovered more than a dozen genes that play a crucial role in the ageing process, raising hopes of treatments to delay old age....
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Myanmar’s courts stretch laws
YANGON: Not many people know that the law in military-ruled Myanmar enshrines the individual’s right to criticise the government....
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Moscow’s missile gambit
WASHINGTON: Six years ago, President Bush announced the US withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and our intention to deploy defences against emerging threats from countries such as North Korea and Iran....
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Ex-Qaeda base seen as Iraqi honeymoon hotspot
HABANIYA (Iraq): Once a lovers’ getaway, Habaniya tourist village in western Iraq became a refugee camp during some of the fiercest fighting since the fall of Baghdad....
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